Leaked Google Data Reveals What Google Employees Are Being Paid

While Google’s base compensation for its various employees has always been available to the public, details such as bonuses and equity were not. Now, thanks to an internal spreadsheet from the tech giant, everyone knows exactly how much they make.

Since Insider released the information, it’s all anyone can talk about, because although people generally knew that employees were paid well at Google, they didn’t know quite how well.

So what Insider did was take this information and break it down by job title to create several graphs that show the highest and lowest earners in every category.

In fact, in the number-three spot, the highest-paid enterprise direct salesperson only makes $377,000 annually, and the most compensated engineering manager makes $400,000. But the highest-earning software engineer makes almost double what they make at $718,000.

Software engineers have the highest bonuses at $605,000, the highest equity at $1.5 million, and, of course, the highest base salary.

However, it’s the media accounts specialists at $106,000 per year and those who work in HR benefits/child care with only $79,019, who make the least of any Google employee on the list.

Therefore, people who work as software engineers who can have a maximum of $1.5 million in company shares can potentially make a lot more money over time than program managers who have a max of only $400,000.

For example, while the highest paid software engineer makes $718,000 as a base salary, the average employee with the same title only makes between $100,000 and $375,000.

Essentially, Google is part of a larger company called Alphabet, which owns social media, smart devices, and app brands everyone knows and uses. Alphabet’s current net worth is a whopping $1.74 trillion, a number that increased by 49.75% in 2023. So it’s safe to say they have plenty of money for their employees.

And the average salary within the company is a whopping $296,000, whereas the average at Google is only $280,000. While it’s impossible to say without more detailed information from Meta employees, most experts agree that Meta and Google are in a tight race for the highest-paying companies.

Fortunately, working at Google has always been known as a great way to both make money and enjoy life. Their offices are filled with comfortable chairs, open-plan offices, and even climbing walls, and most employees report that it’s a fantastic place to work.

But it’s certainly a competitive market. Now that this information has been released by Google and Business Insider, the megacompany is likely to see more applications than ever before.